1 NEWS2 c a F F 2 c a END OF AN ERA: Cheryl Chambers has closed her Bankhouse Quilts retail shop to enjoy EWS2 c a END END OF AN ERA: Cheryl Chambers has closed her Bankhouse Quilts retail shop to enjoy retirement. 1 NEWS2 c 1 NEWS2 c NEWS2 c a END OF AN ERA: Cheryl Chamber S2 c a END OF AN ERA: Cheryl Chambers has closed her Bankhouse Quilts retail shop to enjoy retirement. Grand Grand Hotel Saturday Night Cocktail Night H 8 ‘til late $7 cocktails Free jukebox 8733 2242 GeorGe Street Millicent TonyEGan’S Mens wear Ladies wear School wear Work wear Luggage Dry Cleaning agent H 62 George St, Millicent Ph 8733 2560 P 667981 tonyegans@bigpond.com Chambers closes doors Iconic Millicent business shuts shop after two decades WIN A $1000 bank account CHERYL Chambers has closed the door for the last time on her shop in the heart of the Millicent shopping district. After almost two decades as a George Street retailer, Ms Chambers has bid goodbye to the distinctive Art Deco-style building known as Bankhouse Quilts. “I am ready for the next phase of my life,” Ms Chambers said. At the top of her list is spending more time with her husband Lance, their three children and their grandchildren. Travel is another priority for Ms Chambers as she has fresh memories of time spent in Canada and Alaska in 2014. The Bankhouse Quilts retail shop may have gone, but Ms Chambers will still sell some quilting requisites at home and through social media. Lance was a professional lobster fisherman at Southend for over 40 years and retired from fishing in 2013, with the licence now operated by their two sons. Back in 1998, Ms Chambers had an obvious interest in quilting and was ready for a challenge as their children had grown up. “I bought the building, which was formerly the Savings Bank of South Australia,” she said. “It was empty at the time and had been used as a fabric shop a few years earlier. “I was a bank officer in my younger days and worked with the Commonwealth Bank in branches at Naracoorte, Bordertown, Mount Gambier and Millicent. “In this role, I remember coming into the building when it was still a bank.” The initial plan for Ms Chambers was just to run a tea rooms in the building. “There was already a woman in Millicent who was selling patchwork and quilting supplies from her home at this time,” she said. “However, she stopped doing this, I took up with these lines and the tea rooms never happened.” During her time in business, she has overcome some significant health challenges. She has also taken Bankhouse Quilts “on the road” with a regular stall at the Lucindale Field Days, Beachport Markets and other events, as well as festivals devoted to the quilt and crafting fraternity. Ms Chambers began to scale down her retail activities about three years ago and restricted the trading hours of Bankhouse Quilts to two days per week. She also reduced her role in the day-to-day running of Millicent’s successful Geltwood Craft Festival. As one of the driving forces in the annual event which began 11 years ago, Ms Chambers is proud of the way the annual festival has developed and brought people to Millicent. “Every business in Millicent benefits from the Geltwood Festival as there is a roll-over impact from the visitors,” she said. “They all need food, accommodation and so on.” People have suggested to Ms Chambers that she and Lance move into the accommodation areas at the rear of the Bankhouse Quilts shopfront. However, Ms Chambers said they prefer to stay on their small land-holding. Built in about 1939, the admired Bankhouse Quilts building remains on the market. Ms Chambers is not quite ready to leave the retailing of quilting supplies. “I am very grateful to all my customers who have supported me over the years,” she said. Infigen records $2.9m revenue rise for third quarter STRONGER wind strength along the Woakwine Range in the opening three months of 2015 has been welcomed by the owners of the Lake Bonney wind farm. Infigen Energy owns 112 turbines in the area and recently reported to the Australian stock exchange on its trading conditions for the third quarter of this financial year. “Production of 346 gigawatts was 3pc - or 10 gigawatts higher - than the prior corresponding period, reflecting better wind conditions at all sites offset by network constraints at the Alinta wind farm,” Infigen Energy stated. “Revenue of $34.2m was 9pc or $2.9m higher, primarily reflecting higher production and higher large-scale generation certificate prices, offset by lower electricity prices.” Taking into account its American opera- tions, the overall Infigen Energy revenue of $76.6m was 1pc or $0.9 m lower due to lower production in the United States offset by higher production in Australia and a declining Australian dollar. 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